Muhlenberg College has chosen John I. Williams Jr., a graduate of Harvard Law School with extensive experience as a strategic consultant to higher education, as its new president, school officials announced at a news conference Friday. Williams, who succeeds longtime Muhlenberg leader Peyton R. "Randy" Helm, will be the 12th president of the 166-year-old liberal arts college in west Allentown. The 60-year-old Boston resident has a bachelor's degree in economics from Amherst College, a law degree from Harvard Law School and a master's in business administration from Harvard Business School, according to a biography provided by Muhlenberg. He will start work July 1. ...

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